Title Emotional choices : how the logic of affect shapes coercive diplomacy / Robin Markwica

Edition First edition Published Oxford, OX : Oxford University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- The logic of affect -- Infeering actors' emotions -- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1 -- Conclusion Summary Why do states often refuse to yield to military threats from a more powerful actor, such as the United States? Why do they frequently prefer war to compliance? International Relations scholars generally employ the rational choice logic of consequences or the constructivist logic of appropriateness to explain this puzzling behavior. Max Weber, however, suggested a third logic of choice in his magnum opus 'Economy and Society': human decision making can also be motivated by emotions. Drawing on Weber and more recent scholarship in sociology and psychology, Robin Markwica introduces the logic of affect, or emotional choice theory, into the field of International Relations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-342) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 19, 2018) Subject International relations -- Psychological aspects. Political psychology. Diplomacy. Emotions. diplomacy. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomacy Emotions International relations -- Psychological aspects Political psychology Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192513113 0192513117 9780191835858 0191835854

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